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The era of mass buying games on sale has come and gone imo.
I haven't seen any really interesting deals in relation to games I remotely care about in years.
I'm starting to go down the dark path of Indies only.
Dark path? My experience is that it's a more narrow but brighter path.
What I mean is that if you take your time, vet the cash grabs and ones that are perpetually in version 0.02a, then there are some real gems out there.
I don't play all the games I can anymore instead just focusing on ones I really like. Indie games are my goto anymore.
I have 200 or so hours in modded Fallout 4 GOTY that was bought on sale for like $40.
Factorio, just passed the 1200hr mark and just got into modding. $20 a few years ago.
I planned to write more but re-read your comment and realized you're joking....I need more coffee.
Indie titles are nice, but There's really only so many pixel-art or cel-art style games I'm willing to play. And while, sure, there are noteable exceptions here and there, they're just that. Exceptions.
I know why they do it, but my point is that I feel there is a missing middle in gaming.
Indies are the bright path. Been absolutely fucking enthralled with Signalis lately, and it was made by less than a handful of people.
The dark path is AAA games: expensive, buggy at launch, unnecessary micro payments, short-lived.
It's sad. The heyday of steam sales were insane - I'd never seen anything like it for gaming.
Now, it just feels underwhelming.
I just opened my Steam wishlist and there's a lot of titles on there with 75% - 90% off. Including a one piece game normally $80 for $12.
Now to go through them and see which ones I still want now that they are cheap and time has passed for more reviews/development. Seems like games I add to my wishlist are about 50/50 for if I actually want them when they are really cheap.
Its underwhelming because the sales aren't as great, and all the games that I've wanted I've bought.
Nothing new is all that enticing, and if it is it's an indie title and doesn't need to go on sale and therefore probably won't.
Most indie titles are like 2.99 ~ 30 bucks tops. And all of the damn decent ones are around that 10~25 dollar range.
They may be gone but left a lot in their wake.
On a serious note, indies also sell at a discount sometimes and I already have too many games in the backlog to finish them ever, I think 😰